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2 February 2013 Yvonne Strahovski vs Abbie Cornish

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Posted by Lookout! Boxing on February 2, 2013, 12:36 pm

 

 
Australian Pride Tour
       

Abbie is clad in a tight green bandeau-style bikini with matching gloves, hair falling loose around her face; Yvonne is wearing a dark blue bikini with matching gloves, hair in a fighting ponytail.

R1: Both girls coming out carefully initially as both Cornish and Strahovski are wary of their respective opponents. Circling one another, they test one another as they head towards the center of the ring with jabs and hooks whenever they feel there is an opening. But, after the opening minute, both fighters decide to throw caution to the winds and push forward hard. Cornish bringing up hard shots from her hips to slam towards Yvonne's torso. Strahovski shoots forward to try to slam her gloves towards Abbie's guard, gloves coming back up protectively but not quickly enough before Yvonne pokes through a hard shot that connects with Abbie's face. Cornish's head whips backwards, clearly dazed as she is bullied back against the ropes. Yvonne rushes in hot pursuit, but finds her head snapped to the side from a wild hook designed to keep her from following up. Abbie throwing wild punches back and forth as Yvonne is forced to duck and maneuver out of the way of the punches. Abbie trying to shoulder Yvonne back against the ropes as Yvonne swings her gloves towards her torso, covering up when she needs to as Abbie keeps jabbing away, the ref having to separate the two of them at the end of a very close round.

R2: Certainly nothing cautious about this round as the two of them just come out of their respective “corners” and head to the “center” of the beach to start trading shots as both girls exchange powerful, compact blows between the two of them. It's a pretty hard-hitting exchange, especially so early in the contest. One minute it'll be a hard right hook from Strahovski, then as she goes to follow up, Cornish will duck underneath it and send a hard right jab to her torso. A right to the face from Cornish, and Yvonne will retaliate with a strafing one two combination to her tummy. It's a series of sharp punches between the two – a real war of attrition early on – and by the end of it, it appears to be Cornish who is tiring a bit. The two are still firing a flurry of punches towards one another, but it's Yvonne who is landing the higher volume at this point. For every two punches Yvonne throws down, Abbie throws down one. Yvonne pushes Abbie back towards the ropes, just whacking way with some rangy jabs at her ribs, right behind her elbow, causing her to double over. Just smacking away at Abbie's torso, as Cornish is forced to cover up. Abbie still fighting back, firing away at Yvonne's abs, but it's Yvonne's round wide at the bell.

R3: If Abbie was tired last round, she's certainly caught her second wind here. Abbie eager to establish her own jab as she comes out swinging, Yvonne weaving and using her footwork to touch up Abbie with rangy jabs and swift hooks to keep her from gaining any momentum. Abbie keeps working to deliver some stiff shots to Yvonne's ribs and chest, just punishing around her torso and body. Smacking her gloves in as Yvonne grunts, making sure she retaliates with some spanking blows of her own against Cornish's cleavage, tummy and body. Abbie determined to fight back hard, slamming in a hook to Yvonne's cheek or clipping her tummy with an uppercut as she pushes Yvonne back into the ropes. Coming up aggressive as Abbie displays her methodical side, just working that jab as Yvonne absorbs the punishment while delivering some of her own. It's closer than Abbie or Yvonne would like, but Abbie is awarded the round.

R4: Abbie comes forward behind that jab again and that has been successful for her last round, but this round, Yvonne doesn't plan on letting her get into any kind of rhythm with that jab. Yvonne pivots away from Abbie, using her length to thrust her own thumping jab out towards Abbie's head and shoulders. Abbie trying to ignore it at first, blocking and ducking underneath it to slam her gloves into blonde torso. But, Yvonne keeps up, drilling her gloves in overhand to crash into Abbie's face over her opponent's guard. Abbie keeps getting knocked out of her position and momentum, both of them trading body shots. Cornish unable to backpedal as Yvonne routinely cuts off that avenue of escape, just sending clouting shots across her tits and tummy. Abbie coming forward then, wading in with powerful hooks around Yvonne's tummy and ribs. Towards the end of the round, Yvonne suddenly shits her attacks from Cornish's belly and suddenly whips a brutal right hook to Abbie's face. Abbie is wobbly-butt, knocked back into the ropes as Yvonne smothers her down the stretch with a series of shots towards her face and shoulders that force Abbie to go earmuff. Yvonne takes this round as the ref pulls her off Cornish.

R5: Furious at the results of the previous round, Abbie comes forward all big-girl, just swinging away with chugging right and left hooks to Yvonne's ribcage. Yvonne forced to backpedal as Abbie works hard, just pounding away towards blonde abs. Abbie just working her fists in piston-like motion to slug away towards Yvonne as she is forced to double over, catching her breathe, covering up and bringing her elbows in to protect her midsection. Abbie presses her forearm against Yvonne's chest, pushing her back towards the ropes as she keeps thumping away. Yvonne's face turning red, mouth-breathing, coughing a bit as Yvonne shoves at Cornish. Yvonne manages to clinch for a moment, but doesn't slow Cornish down for long as her brawny forearms keep slamming towards her tummy. Yvonne covers up her tummy with one strong forearm of her own, then swings an overhead right to force Abbie backwards. Clipping her with a right hook to chin, she swings another left from her hip to catch her along her cheek. Abbie is knocked backwards, but Yvonne isn't able to follow up as well as she might like as she stumbles along the ropes to catch her breathe. Abbie keeps up the pursuit, avoiding Yvonne's haymakers as Yvonne forfeit points for air. Abbie lands a few more shots down the stretch to tummy and ribs as Abbie takes the round wide.

R6: Now it's Yvonne's turn to be frustrated about the previous round. Will she be able to do anything about it? Yvonne appears to pull herself together, looking more determined after catching her breathe, her ribs a little pink as are her cheeks. Abbie comes forward, looking forward to deliver more punishment to blonde torso, but Yvonne able to sidestep and weave away from her opponent's gloves, keeping her ribs and tummy clear of the majority of Abbie's shots. The hooks that do connect have Yvonne wincing, however. When Abbie comes forward to jab again at her belly, Yvonne delivers a crisp counter-shot that will land cleanly across her face or cheek, dazing her. Abbie absorbs them bravely, landing a few shots to the body, but Yvonne taking control for the most part – just finding Abbie more than Abbie is connecting with her own shot. Abbie's frustrated and Yvonne relieved at settling down and establishing her own jab this round to really rattle Cornish. Cornish is dazed from the blows to the head, mouth-breathing a little bit of her own as Yvonne takes the round wide.

R7: It's more of the same in the following round as Abbie comes forward, eager to get behind that jab and whack away at blonde head and tummy. But, as Abbie comes forward aggressively, Yvonne lures her in and then smacks away with a clean right hand flush to her cheek. Abbie is almost knocked down, wobbly-butt, but manages to make it over to the ropes as she covers up, butt-in-ropes. Abbie is forced to go earmuff in the ropes, covering up against Yvonne's sudden flurry of punches, just sending clean shots to the body, pounding away at her ribs and abs, occasionally catching her with a clouting hook across her breasts. Abbie still shaking her head, trying to recover as she clinches with Yvonne but as she steps forward off of the ropes to clinch, Yvonne smacks in another hard left hook across her cheek to almost drop her to her knees. Abbie too sturdy to go down right away, her strong legs holding her up, Yvonne continuing to punish away at her body as Abbie goes earmuff again, bringing in her elbows to protect her head. Loud shots connect with her body as Abbie is breathing hard, face turning red, forced to bring her guard down to protect her tummy as she punches wildly at Yvonne to keep her backwards. Yvonne brings up her guard, bobbing to the side as she stacks Abbie up against the ropes. Abbie's guard is jostled downwards and that's when Yvonne delivers a hard right uppercut that picks Abbie up and deposits her down to her butt against the beach. Sand sprays into the air as she crashes to the beach, trying to push herself back up, shaking her head back and forth in frustration as her body won't respond as she would like. At the count of 10, though, it's clear that she's done and the match is awarded to Yvonne via KO7!

AFTER: It's a fantastic match-up between the two, but Yvonne able to take down Abbie in the end in a back and forth contest that both fighters should be proud of. A few members of Abbie's corner complain that the sudden switch of dates is to blame, but Abbie won't hear of it. Overall, she blames Phoebe and whether that'll bode well for Ms. Tonkin is something to discover in the future between the two young stars. For now, Yvonne takes a few moments to celebrate with the raucous assembled Australian crowd and then poses with her proud opponent, exchanging a few words about the contest before they head out to enjoy some surfing, a tour through the rainforests and then finishing up by enjoying the spectacular view afforded by the Cape Byron Lighthouse.

 

 

 

 

 BEFORE: Yvonne set to take on Phoebe Tonkin next, but Tonkin allegedly has last-minute filming to do on the “Vampire Diaries”, which fellow Lookout! Boxing star Nina Dobrev disputes. However, Abbie Cornish is willing to step in and do her match next instead due to the last-minute “scheduling conflict” for Phoebe.

Abbie Cornish is another young star who has tasted success here in the BBU and in Hollywood. Although Abbie has competed in the FCBA, she has not had as much success there as she might like although took Amanda Righetti to a decision previously and recently did manage to take down rising star Jennifer Lawrence within the past year. Abbie has held a lightweight title in the Australian leagues here and is definitely getting some attention in Hollywood, starring in recent ensemble hit “Sucker Punch.” and is set to star in the upcoming reboot of “Robocop”. Winless in 2012 in her two matches, she fights today in her native Australia to take on Yvonne Strahovski to raise her profile in both the FCBA, BBU and ACBA and is determined to take out her fit opponent.

The fight takes place at Byron Bay, one of the most popular surfing beaches in New South Wales and renowned for its nearby rainforests.

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